I'm
a "foreigner" to the Black Country, having married a native.
He's so defensive about his accent, constantly going on about
how it is closest to the original Anglo-Saxon than any other
accent. It'd be pretty boring if we all sounded alike. Defend
yourself and enjoy being different Kirsten Guest - Bridgnorth
I
logged onto the Black Country website after seeing it on Midlands
Today and just wanted to say a lot of that's also Lancashire
dialect! So people do speak that way outside the Black Country
... we certainly do in my native Lancashire Ian Birch
l
lived most of my younger years in Pensnett near Dudley but never
really picked up the true accent although my brother did. I
was called on to translate to my future husband at first until
he could understand my folks. I love to hear people speaking
from 'home' and am always reprimanding others when they insist
that blackcountry folks are 'brummies'听 when l was in hospital
having my children my hubby would bring in the Bugle to give
me a taste of home. Long may yo goo on John Coombs
It
is also suggested that some of the Black Country dialogue has
its roots in Prussian or old German. The written dialect contains
such words as "bist" and "bin" which are also German for "are"
The written word for "work" is "werk" which again is German
for the same word. Brian Bott - Birmingham
